Sunday morning feel good stories
From Salisbury, North Carolina;
A Salisbury man was stabbed in the neck, head and back before he shot at the teenager trying to break into his car early Friday, police said.
The teen, Tyler Aaimer Spencer Nichols, 17, of Salisbury, turned himself in at the Salisbury Police Department later Friday and was charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury, four counts of breaking and entering of a motor vehicle and three counts of larceny. Nichols was jailed on $25,000 bail pending a court appearance on Tuesday.
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Police found Johnnie Faulkner, 43, sitting on the ground with several stab wounds in his neck, head and back. He was treated at a hospital and released.
Police learned Falkner confronted the teen who was breaking into his car. Falkner was then stabbed, before he shot at the suspect. The teen then ran into woods.
From Ray an incident in Athens, Georgia;
Justin Maurice Smith, 29, of Sir Matthew Road was arrested Monday afternoon after he ran into someone’s home on Virginia Lane while believing he was being chased by the police, Athens-Clarke County police said.
Smith was held on the ground at gunpoint by a resident until police arrived to take custody of him.
According to police, no law enforcement officers were chasing the man, who admitted to having ingested methamphetamine prior to the incident.
Battle Creek police said the resident found the man about 7 a.m. Friday and fired warning shots at the man as he fled from the house. Officers said the resident told them his dogs were barking about 2 a.m. and he checked the house but not the basement. Just before calling police he went to the basement and found the man.
He attempted to hold the man at gunpoint but after taking him upstairs the man fled and the homeowner fired over him and then called officers.
Category: Feel Good Stories
When legally armed citizens must confront someone who is trying to deprive them of their goods, or their life, the must be prepared for the bad guys to elevate the situation. At the first sign of a gun or a knife we should take control and protect ourselves. Getting cut or wounded in the process could be very bad for us. Just shoot, “Center Mass”, and keep control of the event.
Too bad Falkner didn’t put a couple of holes in Nichols as a reminder of what NOT TO DO!
Too much gunfire and no blood-trail. Inefficient. Send these guys out for more range time.
Ditto that.
Yep.
“the man fled and the homeowner fired over him and then called officers”
Yeah those warning shots will make them stop running and put their hands up every time.
And an over eager Prosecutor could charge the shooter with reckless endangerment. Shooting at fleeing criminals is hardly ever a good idea. Yes, I know. Texas, it’s like a whole different country.
Yeah, don’t fire over anyone running away. Bad juju
The Salisbury NC incident occurred about two blocks from a large VA hospital. (I know the area well). the town of about 30K went from “Mayberry” when I was a kid, to basically a ghetto. The young perp with four names is a symptom of a larger problem.
Seems to be a lot of that going around these days.